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EU, Canada adopt new sanctions against Iran – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The European Union and Canada on Monday separately adopted new sanctions against Iran, targeting the country's foreign trade, banking and energy sectors. The moves are the latest in a series of measures taken by the international community in an effort... »
EU Will Impose Sanctions on Iran to Ban Oil Investment, Scrutinize Banks – Bloomberg
European Union governments are set to impose their toughest sanctions yet on Iran, backing U.S. efforts to force the clerical regime to halt uranium enrichment as proof it’s not seeking a nuclear weapons capability. The package includes a ban on inve... »
Peres: Croatian WWII camp involved ’sadism’; Iran’s president should visit it – FOX News
JASENOVAC, Croatia (AP) — Israeli President Shimon Peres says Croatia's World War II concentration camp was a demonstration of "sheer sadism" and that Iran's president, who has denied the Holocaust, should visit it. Peres toured the notorious camp wi... »
Iran says it has 100 vessels for each US warship – AP – msnbc.com
A former naval chief in Iran's Revolutionary Guard says his country has set aside 100 military vessels to confront each U.S. warship that poses a threat. Gen. Morteza Saffari is quoted by the conservative weekly Panjereh Saturday as saying that troops ... »
Thousands Attend Funerals for Iran Bombing Victims – Voice of America
Tens of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims have turned out in southeastern Iran for funerals of those killed in two bombings in the city of Zahedan. The explosions outside a mosque late Thursday apparently were aimed at worshippers celebrating the life of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad ... »
Police detains 40 after Iran mosque bombing – AP – msnbc.com
Iranian police arrested 40 people following the devastating bombings of a mosque in the southeast as funerals were under way for the victims, local media reported on Saturday. Gen. Ahmad Reza Radan, Iran's deputy police chief, told the semiofficial Fars agency that the suspects "intended to create ... »
Militant Sunnis in Iran behind mosque attack – Denver Post
TEHRAN, Iran — A Sunni militant group whose leader was recently executed by Iranian authorities claimed responsibility Friday for one of the deadliest terrorist attacks Iran has seen in years: a double suicide bombing outside a mosque that killed 26 people and wounded 300. In an Internet statement ... »
Bomb attacks near mosque in Iran kill at least 20 – Boston Globe
TEHRAN — Twin bombings killed at least 20 people outside a mosque — including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard — in attacks in southeastern Iran yesterday that came less than a month after the government hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. Iran’s ... »
Ex-defector faces uncertain future in Iran – Austin American-Statesman
An Iranian scientist returned to Tehran on Thursday to an uncertain future as American officials say he gave "significant, original" information about his country's nuclear program but then turned his back on a CIA resettlement package of $5 million. While the scientist, Shahram Amiri, 32, was ... »
Iran Urged to Free US Hikers Before Anniversary – Voice of America
The mothers of three American hikers detained in Iran are pleading for them to be freed before this month's one year anniversary of their arrest. The mothers said Thursday they have sent a letter to the head of Iran's judiciary calling for their children to be released from, as they put it, "their ...... »